* TragicDream: [[spoiler:His three years of searching the mountains for Claus amounted to nothing... because the Pigmasks found him on day one. Suffice it to say Claus [[CurbStompBattle isn't merciful]] when they finally meet again]].

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* TragicDream: [[spoiler:His three years of searching [[spoiler:He spent ''three years'' scouring the mountains looking for Claus amounted to nothing... his missing son. He would never find him there - because the Pigmasks found abducted him on day one. Suffice it to say Made even more tragic in the ending of Chapter One, where it's shown [[MissedHimByThatMuch Claus [[CurbStompBattle isn't merciful]] when they finally meet again]].is just down the cliff from Flint]], but he is too busy dealing with the Mecha Drago to search]].

* {{Unishment}}: [[spoiler:To him, that's what the Absolutely Safe Capsule is for. [[FateWorseThanDeath But when you think about it...]]]]

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* {{Unishment}}: [[spoiler:To him, that's what [[spoiler:He's happy being [[SealedEvilInACan stuck in the Absolutely Safe Capsule is for. [[FateWorseThanDeath But when you think about it...]]]]forever]]--at least in the short term.]]

* TheDreaded: Lucas constantly running afoul of the Pigmasks and ''winning'' against them earns him quite the reputation among them. [[spoiler:''Especially'' when he beats the Masked Man. The Pigmasks who bore witness to that are so shocked and afraid that they peel out of the area at speeds that would impress Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog.]]** GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Not only do Pigmasks fought in cutscene events back the heck off after you beat them, but if Lucas's level is high enough, Pigmasks encountered in the field will ''actually flee'' at the sight of him like other underlevelled enemies.

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* TheDreaded: As in the previous game, this can be invoked: enemies in the overworld will try to flee from Lucas constantly running afoul of the Pigmasks and ''winning'' against them earns him quite the reputation among them. [[spoiler:''Especially'' when he beats the Masked Man. The Pigmasks who bore witness to that are so shocked and afraid that they peel out of the area at speeds that would impress Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog.]]** GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Not only do Pigmasks fought in cutscene events back the heck off after you beat them, but if Lucas's his level is high enough, Pigmasks encountered in enough. This eventually happens as part of the field will ''actually flee'' at story after the sight of him like other underlevelled enemies.[[spoiler:Masked Man]] battle, as seeing their boss defeated causes every Pigmask on the scene to run for their lives.

* SilentProtagonist: Assumes the role from Chapter 3 onwards. Except for a brief moment in Chapter 1, everything he says over the course of the story pre-[[TimeSkip Time Skip]] is the rest of the cast RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear.

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* SilentProtagonist: Assumes the role from Chapter 3 onwards.onwards, after earning his role as the primary lead character. Except for a brief moment in Chapter 1, everything he says over the course of the story pre-[[TimeSkip Time Skip]] is the rest of the cast RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear.

** Seemingly played straight everytime Lucas comes into contact with [[spoiler: the Masked Man, as he and the Masked Man get these weird Light flashes that imply they recognize each other.]]

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** Seemingly played straight everytime every time Lucas comes into contact with [[spoiler: the Masked Man, as he and the Masked Man get these weird Light flashes that imply they recognize each other.]]

* AbusiveParent: He constantly belittles his son, Duster. At one point, it is mentioned that some of the villagers believe that he actually gave Duster his limp.** [[spoiler:And this is even more heavily implied in Chapter 7's MushroomSamba, as it's [[FridgeHorror the hallucination of Wess that says he gave Duster that limp.]] That said, how true this is is still somewhat uncertain given how [[OutOfCharacterMoment out-of-character]] the hallucination characters generally are.]]* BadassGrandpa: He's in his 60's (or thereabouts), and he's so tough, the game ''{{nerf}}s him'' by making him attack rarely during [[GuestStarPartyMember the short time he's in your party]]. One of his rarer attacks is enough to [[OneHitKill one-shot]] anything you can encounter at the time.%%* BadassNormal

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* AbusiveParent: He constantly belittles his son, Duster. At one point, it is mentioned that some of the villagers believe that he actually gave Duster his limp.** [[spoiler:And this is even more heavily implied in limp. [[spoiler:In Chapter 7's MushroomSamba, as it's [[FridgeHorror 7, the hallucination of Wess that says he gave Duster that limp.]] That said, how limp. How true this is is still somewhat uncertain given how [[OutOfCharacterMoment out-of-character]] out-of-character the hallucination characters generally are.]]* BadassGrandpa: He's in his 60's (or thereabouts), and he's so tough, the game ''{{nerf}}s him'' by making him attack rarely during [[GuestStarPartyMember the short time he's in your party]]. One of his rarer attacks is enough to [[OneHitKill one-shot]] anything you can encounter at the time.%%* BadassNormal]]

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* OldMaster: He's in his 60's (or thereabouts), and he's so tough, the game ''{{nerf}}s him'' by making him attack rarely during [[GuestStarPartyMember the short time he's in your party]]. One of his rarer attacks is enough to [[OneHitKill one-shot]] anything you can encounter at the time.

%%* HeartBeatDown: PK Love!* HeartwarmingOrphan: Lucas, though his father is technically still alive, does by all intents and purposes fulfill the role of an orphan due to the tragedy of his father's despondency and his mother's disappearance. He still ''does'' things to earn his likability, though.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:After all of Lucas's [[TotalPartyKill fellow party members]] and [[TakingTheBullet Flint]] are struck down, he finally musters up the will to attack the [[DuelBoss Masked Man]]. [[ControllableHelplessness It doesn't really affect the outcome of the fight however]], though it does produce a couple of [[EasterEgg Easter Eggs]].]]%%* ShrinkingViolet

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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:After all of Lucas's [[TotalPartyKill fellow party members]] members and [[TakingTheBullet Flint]] Flint are struck down, he finally musters up the will to attack the [[DuelBoss Masked Man]]. [[ControllableHelplessness Man. It doesn't really affect the outcome of the fight however]], however, though it does produce a couple of [[EasterEgg Easter Eggs]].Eggs.]]%%* ShrinkingViolet* ShrinkingViolet: Lucas is a very shy kid, [[CharacterDevelopment but he eventually has to step up]].

* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:As she lost both her parents as a baby before being taken away on the "white ship"; the Magypsies agreed to raise her as their own.]]

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* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:As she lost both her parents FryingPanofDoom: Subverted. You can actually get a Fake Frying Pan as a baby before being taken away on the "white ship"; the Magypsies agreed weapon for Kumatora, as a nod to raise her as their own.]]Paula, but it's just a Joke Weapon and is far from Kumatora's strongest piece of equipment.

%%* SquishyWizard* SquishyWizard: Kumatora. Despite how she's portrayed in story as being very masculine and physically strong, even one time knocking out some guards that Lucas was specifically prohibited from talking to because of how strong they were, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation in actual gameplay, she really doesn't hit that hard.]] Her PSI is powerful and can rip the Pigmasks a new one, but she has the second lowest HP of the party (about 100+ HP less than Lucas or Duster) and lowest Defense of the party, so she can't take too many hits before taking Mortal Damage.

* RasputinianDeath: Fassad falls off the Thunder Tower at the end of Chapter 5, but he reappears as a boss later, named "New Fassad". After he's defeated, he appears again later on, this time dubbed "Miracle Fassad". [[spoiler:After that boss defeat, he's finally dead. For good.]]

* DyingAsYourself: It works. [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog Yep, Porky's brainwashing of him was so bad that he had to]] ''[[KickTheDog kill himself]]'' [[KickTheDog in order to be freed from it]]]].

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* DyingAsYourself: It works. [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog Yep, [[spoiler:Yep, Porky's brainwashing of him was so bad that he had to]] ''[[KickTheDog kill himself]]'' to ''kill himself'' [[KickTheDog in order to be freed from it]]]].it]].

* DyingAlone: Played with. [[spoiler:After sealing himself away inside the Absolutely Safe Capsule, it appears that he has subjected himself to this. However, he's immortal. So he's going to remain in that unbreakable, inescapable capsule for the rest of eternity. Alone]].%%* ElderlyImmortal: Type E.

%%* TimeAbyss* TimeAbyss: King P has lived for centuries, due to his abuse of time travel and near immortality. He honestly doesn't know how old he is himself, although he suggests he may be 1,000 or 10,000.

* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: [[spoiler:What did Porky do?! Porky sprayed something! Porky sucked something!]] Of course, this is in the tradition of ''MOTHER'' final bosses, coming after "The Form of Giegue's Attack was Inexplicable" and, of course, the TropeNamer "You Cannot Grasp The True Form of Giygas's Attack." It's mostly parodied in this game though, especially since each and every one of his attacks still have unique text notifications and can be memorized with practice.

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* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: [[spoiler:What What did Porky [P] do?! Porky [P] sprayed something! Porky [P] sucked something!]] Of course, this is in the tradition of ''MOTHER'' final bosses, coming after "The Form of Giegue's Attack was Inexplicable" and, of course, the TropeNamer "You Cannot Grasp The True Form of Giygas's Attack." It's mostly parodied in this game though, especially since each and every one of his attacks still have unique text notifications and can be memorized with practice.

* DeusAngstMachina: Chapter 1. [[spoiler:The forest gets set on fire, a friend of his is injured, his wife Hinawa is killed, he has a [[HeroicBSOD freakout]] that leads to him getting thrown in jail, and one of his sons tries to avenge Hinawa and is (presumably) killed.]] All of this within the space of a day or so.

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* DeusAngstMachina: Chapter 1. [[spoiler:The forest gets set on fire, a friend of his is injured, his wife Hinawa is killed, he has a [[HeroicBSOD freakout]] freakout that leads to him getting thrown in jail, and one of his sons tries to avenge Hinawa and is (presumably) killed.]] All of this within the space of a day or so.

* HeroicBSOD: After the news of [[spoiler:Hinawa's death]] is relayed to him.

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* HeroicBSOD: After the news of [[spoiler:Hinawa's death]] is relayed to him.him, he refuses to speak, grabs a piece of wood, and attacks the townfolk until they knock him out and put him in a cell until he calms down.

* PapaWolf: A {{deconstruct|edTrope}}ion; he gets so torn up about [[spoiler:Claus's disappearance]] that he spends most of the game neglecting his other son in his rampant search for him.

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* PapaWolf: PapaWolf: ** A {{deconstruct|edTrope}}ion; he gets so torn up about [[spoiler:Claus's disappearance]] that he spends most of the game neglecting his other son in his rampant search for him.

** [[spoiler:EpilepticTrees: Popular theories surrounding the cut [[DummiedOut nightmarish backgrounds]], including that they were meant to be used throughout the final boss fight without text, or that it would have been an outcome in which Lucas was driven insane from grief or a [[HijackedByGanon surprise Giygas appearance]].]]

* HappilyMarried: To Hinawa.Flint and Hinawa, without a doubt. Which is impressive, since we only see them interact face-to-face ''once'', and that was in a flashback. [[spoiler:[[TheLostLenore Sadly]]...]]

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